Fastly Inc. published its fourth annual Global Security Research Report, warning that “AI-first” companies are paying an “AI Speed Tax” by failing to modernize security as AI expands across their infrastructure. The report says AI-first organizations take nearly seven months on average to fully recover from cybersecurity incidents, about 80 days longer than non-AI-first peers, and face more than 135% higher financial impact. It also finds AI was directly exploited in the most recent incident for 44% of AI-first respondents versus 6% of others, while AI scraping is becoming a major cost center with average annual infrastructure impacts exceeding $348,000.

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